A Syllabus Design Basic Guide in “Inglés Programación Didáctica”
A Syllabus Design Basic Guide is to be included very soon in our book:
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1. Introduction
In this section, you can contextualise your syllabus design and include the bases for it, i.e. the legal documents, the school documents and the students.
1.1. Legal documents
Here you will be stating the Acts, Royal Decrees, Decrees, Orders, etc. and other documents (School Education project, etc.) which are the framework for your syllabus design. You will find a connection to the different pieces of legislation in the Google Drive Link. Let me know if something you need is missing, please.
Part V of “Inglés Programación Didáctica”
In any case, Part V of “Inglés Programación Didáctica” includes an English version of current legislation for the whole of Spain. Pages 191-193 give you a list of the Orders and Decrees for the different autonomous regions.
the Common European Framework
Just as important, if not more than the legislation at this stage, it is to consider what the Common European Framework says. Also, have a look at Part II Practical Guidelines (pages 83-84) and Part III A sample (page 103) of Inglés Programación Didáctica to check how the decree for Madrid has been included in the sample syllabus.
Take into account that, in the design of our syllabus we follow
a pyramid, or a ladder if you prefer:
- The Official Curriculum for the whole of Spain (Royal Decree) and, in the case of EFL, very much in line with the CEFR.
- The specification of the official curriculum taking into account the peculiarities of the Autonomous Region (Order from AR) and all the other documents issued by the Autonomous Regions governing assessment, etc.
- School Documents: A further specification of the above, where the school states their education project and describes the facilities, type of students, programmes, etc.
- English Department. Based on the above and depending on the specific school, the department draws up a common syllabus for English for that specific school.
- Our syllabus: Drawing on all the above, we start designing our syllabus, for a specific group of students, which implies that it is open and flexible. That is, it may vary as to what to teach and when and how to do it. In any case, this is YOUR syllabus: personalise as much as you can, drawing on your personal experience.
- English Department. Based on the above and depending on the specific school, the department draws up a common syllabus for English for that specific school.
- School Documents: A further specification of the above, where the school states their education project and describes the facilities, type of students, programmes, etc.
- The specification of the official curriculum taking into account the peculiarities of the Autonomous Region (Order from AR) and all the other documents issued by the Autonomous Regions governing assessment, etc.
I hope the Guide helps you to personalise your syllabus. And do let me know if I can be of further help
